Stories from Saturday, April 14, 2018

Students from the Blytheville School District again stood out at the April 7 state competition of the Odyssey of the Mind at Springdale, with the teams from Blytheville High School/Blytheville Middle School and Blytheville Elementary School both bringing home first-place finishes...

The Blytheville School District received several compliments after hosting a “New Tech Teacher Residency" for a school from Covington, VA. In an email from Robin Sneed, New Tech Director, to BHS faculty and students, she wrote it was a wonderful two days...

The Blytheville City Council's Finance Committee sent a proposal to buy a new storm siren system from Storm Sirens, Inc. to the full council on Thursday. The project would install seven new storm sirens around the city at a cost of $191,600 or $23,950 per siren. ...

Armorel, Gosnell and Manila were among 175 schools that qualified for funds through the Arkansas School Recognition Program. The program provides financial awards to the top 10 percent of public schools that achieve high student performance on the state required assessments in grades three through 10 and the top 10 percent of public schools that achieve high student academic growth, which includes high school graduation rates where applicable. ...

I know that everyone in this world needs money. Money is what everything is built upon, but I believe that a difference exists between money that is needed and money that is wanted. In a perfect world, everyone would have enough money to adequately survive, this isn’t always the case and can certainly be challenging for some people but money isn’t everything...